Revenue during the quarter declined 10 percent to $197 million from $220 million a year ago.

TV station revenue fell 16 percent to $84.7 million. Excluding swings in political advertising, TV station revenue grew 11 percent in the quarter.

Newspaper revenue slipped 3 percent to $110 million. The decline at newspapers was less than the 4 percent drop during the same period a year ago.

In October, Scripps said it would buy nine television stations from The McGraw-Hill Cos.

Scripps reiterated its expectation for the full year that TV station revenue will grow 50 percent when including an expected $100 million revenue boost from the newly acquired stations. That implies overall TV station revenue of $450 million. The company expects newspaper revenue in 2012 to be down slightly, at $400 million.